Bottle holder



W; P. GOLD.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1921.

5 839 Pammtaadl Nov. M, 1922.

Patented Nov. ll i, 1%22.

WILLIAM PIG-OLD, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOB (3F QNE-HALF T0 'ilVILLIl-lif RYAN, 0F NEJVPORT, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLE I-EIOLDER.

Application filed March 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM, P. GOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Bottle Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My inventionrelates to devices employed in many ways but designed chiefly for acting as a bracket and support for milk bottles.

The present methods of distribution of milk in bottles of a standard type similar to a vase in shape, often result in the bottles being left standing in a position outside the customers door that exposes them to being knocked down accidentally or deliberately opened up by animals.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple spring clamp and bracket, which can be made inexpensively and mounted easily on the wall of a house or a door trim, said clamp being adapted to receive and hold a milk bottle.

This I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective View of the de vice.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the loop in the wire, forming the clamp.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the mounting plate before it is formed up.

Figure 4c is a section taken on the line 4-4: of Figure 1.

In making up my device, I first take a piece of fairly heavy spring wire of the type which is adapted to being formed up in dies and bend it into a loop 1 with the two arms 2, 2, extending at right angles from the loop and bent into a curved form as at 3, 3. The ends of the Wire are then turned back on themselves as at 4, 4:, so as to form a sort of tapering mouth to the curved clamp formed by the bent arms. As will be noted, also, the loop 1 is slightly bellied at the mid dle and has a tapering conformation from the lower end up.

The mounting piece is stamped from a sheet of metal so as to have a somewhat tapering body 5 with wings 6, 6, at the upper 1921. Serial lie. 450,331.

portion thereof. It has also two screw holes Z ands for the passage of mounting screws 9.

After the clamp and loop have been struck up, the mounting piece is dropped over the loop in a press and the wings t3, 6, bent over the wire of the loop, after which the whole structure may be black or White enameled as desired.

In use, the loop is placed up against the wall where the device is to be mounted and screws 9 inserted in the holes in the mounting plate and screwed into the wall. The mounting piece stays firmly in place because of the tapering construction embraced between the wings 6 and can neither be lifted up or driven down, because of the presence of the two screws, one of which engages the base of the loop and the other of which will not pass between the wires of the loop at the upper end thereof.

To mount a milk bottle or Whatever object has a proper conformation, the neck thereof is thrust against the ends of the clamp, which will spring open, and permit the neck to pass into the bent portion thereof, The spring in the wire will then close the clamp and the neck ring of the bottle will rest against the wire.

i am aware that various clamps are used for a wide variety of purposes, but do not believe that as simple and at the same time, as effective and fool-proof a structure has been devised as the clamp above described.

It is a simple matter of punching and dieing to produce the article and due to its cheapness of construction, it may be made and sold through five and ten cent stores.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a piece of spring wire bent to form a pair of clamping jaws, and a loop extending therefrom, and a fiat mounting plate cut to overlie the loop, and conform to the outline thereof and having wing por tions adapted to be crimped over the wire forming the loop, said plate having a pair of holes, at least, for the reception of mounting screws whereby the screws and plate will hold the loop against a mounting board.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a piece of spring wire bent to form a pair of clamping jaws, and a loop extending therefrom, said loop tapering outwardly from the end of the jaws, and being in a single plane and a' flat mounting plate out to conform to the shape of the loop and laid against the face of said loop, the plate having wings crimped around the wire forming the loop, and screw holes adapted to permit passage of screws through the mounting plate and through the loop whereby the screws and plate will hold the loop against a mounting board.

3. A device of the character described,

' comprising a piece of spring wire bent to form a pair of clamping jaws, and a loop extending therefrom, sald loop tapering outwardly from the end or the jaws, and

being in a single plane and a fiat mounting plate cut to conform to the shape of the loop and laid against the face of said loop, the plate having wings crimped around the wire forming the loop, and screw holes ada ted to ermit aassa e of'screws throu h P P I a a the mounting plate and through the' loop, the wings on the plate being located-to engage the narrower portion of the loop only, as and for the purpose described, h

4. A device of the character escribed, comprising a piece of spring WlIG'lOGIlt to form a. pair of clamping jaws, and a loop extending therefrom, said loop tapering outwardly from the end of the jaws, and a mounting plate cut to conform to the shape of the loop and lai'dover said loop, the plate having wings crim'ped around the wire forming the loop, and screw holes adapted to permit passage of screws throughthe mounting plate and through the loop, said screw holes being located at the extreme ends of the plate, and the wings on the plate being located so as to engage the narrower portion of the loop only,as and for the pur-' pose described. I

' WILLIAM P. 

